gain control
Frequency: 7.815.7 per million words
To obtain or get power over something.
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- The activist investor successfully gained control of the company's board.
- The opposition party hopes to gain control of the parliament in the next election.
- Through meditation, she is learning to gain control over her emotions.
- The army fought for weeks to gain control of the strategic bridge.
- After the software update, users could gain more control over their privacy settings.
- The new CEO is struggling to gain control of a company in crisis.
- It took years for the settlers to gain control of the vast, untamed territory.
- If he doesn't gain control of his spending, he'll be bankrupt soon.
- The pilot skillfully gained control of the aircraft during the turbulence.
- By the second half, our team had gained control of the game.